At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
John Smith and Sons has won £375k across 4 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Anglia Ruskin University at 60% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- Cashless financial support for students and provision of online student marketplace
Extracted automatically from johnsmithgroup.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 3
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from johnsmithgroup.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 3 live · 3 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) | 39162000 | 01 Mar 2023 | £150k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Anglia Ruskin University | 30200000 | 18 Oct 2022 | £225k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| Birmingham City University | 39162000 | 02 Jun 2017 | — | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Anglia Ruskin University | 30200000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) | — | — | — | — | Live | |
| Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium | 22110000 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 4 buyers · top 3 = 100%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). John Smith and Sons highlighted.
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
No modifications recorded
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- SC006905
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 24 Sept 1908
- Reg. office
- Building 1 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh, EH3 8RY
- SIC codes
- 62012 · 85590
- Last accounts
- 01 Jun 2025
- Next accounts due
- 28 Feb 2027
Directors & PSC
- MAHONEY, Richard Hugo Wyndham — directorAppointed 01 Jul 2025
- DALE, Nicholas Siegfried — directorAppointed 23 Mar 2023
- MARSHALL, David Craig — directorAppointed 24 Jun 2016
- FOOKS, Matthew Guy — secretaryAppointed 29 Jul 2015
- LAKE, Peter William — directorAppointed 01 Dec 2011
- LINDSAY, Stuart Robert — directorAppointed 19 Jun 2003
- Js Aspire Group Holdings Ltd — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
No financial filings on record
Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.
Org tree
Group structure and ownership.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
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No social-value commitments yet
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